Jang Na-ra (Korean: ìž¥ë‚˜ë ¼; born March 18, 1981) is a South Korean
singer, and actress active in both the South Korean and Chinese
entertainment industries since 2001. She rose to prominence with her
hit studio album Sweet Dream in 2002, and starred in well-received
television series Successful Story of a Bright Girl (2002), My Love
Patzzi (2002), Wedding (2005), My Bratty Princess (2005), Confession
Couple (2017), The Last Empress (2018â€"2019), and VIP (2019).Jang
spent most of her childhood in her birthplace, Yeokchon-dong,
Eunpyeong District in Seoul, South Korea. She appeared with her
father, Ju Ho-seong who is also an actor, in the play Les Misérables
in her primary school days, thus sparking her interest to become an
actress. Jang also went on to become a model for television
advertisements in her high school days before entering Chung-ang
University's Department of Theater, Faculty of Fine Arts where she
majored in Theater and Film in March 2000. She graduated 10 years
later, on February 19, 2010. The delay was due to her continuous work
since her debut after she entered the university. She also received an
alumni association award for her contributions to the university
during the graduation rites.Jang made her debut in the entertainment
world as a singer in May 2001. She started her singing career by
becoming a trainee and signing a contract with SM Entertainment.
However, SM Entertainment dropped her due to assumptions that she
would have lesser or no popularity than the other competing
artists.Jang released her debut album First Story with the title track
Burying My Face In Tears. Initially, it was not well received and only
reached number 12 in Korean music charts. After starring in the
popular sitcom New Nonstop, she became more well known and released
the other tracks in the album such as her pop ballad style song,
Confession and the April Story, ranked at the top in various music
charts. The album sold 300,000 copies. Jang then became a host for
MBC's music show, Music Camp and KBS's talk show Love Story. By the
end of 2001, she received several New Female Artist awards from
year-end Music Awards ceremonies and New MC awards from Entertainment
Awards ceremonies.
singer, and actress active in both the South Korean and Chinese
entertainment industries since 2001. She rose to prominence with her
hit studio album Sweet Dream in 2002, and starred in well-received
television series Successful Story of a Bright Girl (2002), My Love
Patzzi (2002), Wedding (2005), My Bratty Princess (2005), Confession
Couple (2017), The Last Empress (2018â€"2019), and VIP (2019).Jang
spent most of her childhood in her birthplace, Yeokchon-dong,
Eunpyeong District in Seoul, South Korea. She appeared with her
father, Ju Ho-seong who is also an actor, in the play Les Misérables
in her primary school days, thus sparking her interest to become an
actress. Jang also went on to become a model for television
advertisements in her high school days before entering Chung-ang
University's Department of Theater, Faculty of Fine Arts where she
majored in Theater and Film in March 2000. She graduated 10 years
later, on February 19, 2010. The delay was due to her continuous work
since her debut after she entered the university. She also received an
alumni association award for her contributions to the university
during the graduation rites.Jang made her debut in the entertainment
world as a singer in May 2001. She started her singing career by
becoming a trainee and signing a contract with SM Entertainment.
However, SM Entertainment dropped her due to assumptions that she
would have lesser or no popularity than the other competing
artists.Jang released her debut album First Story with the title track
Burying My Face In Tears. Initially, it was not well received and only
reached number 12 in Korean music charts. After starring in the
popular sitcom New Nonstop, she became more well known and released
the other tracks in the album such as her pop ballad style song,
Confession and the April Story, ranked at the top in various music
charts. The album sold 300,000 copies. Jang then became a host for
MBC's music show, Music Camp and KBS's talk show Love Story. By the
end of 2001, she received several New Female Artist awards from
year-end Music Awards ceremonies and New MC awards from Entertainment
Awards ceremonies.
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